Universal Journalist

David Randall was a British journalist and author who was chief news writer of the Independent on Sunday and was news editor of three national newspapers.Jemma Crew is Social Affairs Correspondent at PA Media (formerly the Press Association). She covered the Grenfell Tower fire for two years, jointly winning PA's Reporter of the Year Award in 2018, and has filmed and written reports from across the world, including Bangladesh and Peru.

• AcknowledgementsPreface1. Journalism in an Age of Social Media2. What Makes A Good Reporter? 3. The Limitations of Journalism4. What Is News?5. Where Do Good Stories Come From?6. Research7. Handling Sources, Not Them Handling You8. Questioning 9. Reporting Numbers and Statistics 10. Investigative Reporting11. How to Cover Major Incidents12. Mistakes, Corrections and Hoaxes 13. Ethics 14. Writing News and Features15. Intros16. Construction and Description 17. Handling Quotes 18. Different Ways To Tell A Story 19. Comment, Intentional and Otherwise 20. How To Be A Great Reporter Reading for Journalists Index

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